Dell Precision 5530

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.47% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive166% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Precision 5530  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0FP2W2
Memory26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181225
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 26 '19 at 19:21
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-8950HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 81.9
1-Core 107
2-Core 218
76% 136 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 626
64% 518 Pts
64-Core 642
40% 642 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 087D) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6287
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.47% Terrible
Lighting 7.27
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 8.22
6% 9.07 fps
MRender 13
Gravity 7.47
Splatting 16.5
10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.47%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320
496GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 931 915 718 608 629 641 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 1,040
Write 711
Mixed 655
SusWrite 740
176% 787 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 99.6
4K Mixed 43.7
162% 59.6 MB/s
DQ Read 942
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 754
531% 687 MB/s
Poor: 215%
This bench: 166%
Great: 425%
Jmicron Tech 512GB
17GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 148 139 143 132 125 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
50.6% Above average
Read 434
Write 249
Mixed 250
SusWrite 145
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 31.2
4K Mixed 19.2
64% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 97.7
DQ Write 96.2
DQ Mixed 90.8
70% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 89%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
MC Read 34.2
MC Write 36
MC Mixed 29.3
95% 33.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 36
SC Mixed 25.5
75% 26.4 GB/s
Latency 77.1
52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Precision 5530 Builds (Compare 2,470 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Precision 5530

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